WoRMS taxon details
Halomitra Dana, 1846
204387 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204387)
accepted
Genus
Fungia pileus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Halomitra pileus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
Halomitra (Halomitra) Dana, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Species Halomitra clavator Hoeksema, 1989
- Species Halomitra pileus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subgenus Halomitra (Halomitra) Dana, 1846 accepted as Halomitra Dana, 1846 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Halomitra (Halomitra) concentrica Studer, 1901 accepted as Halomitra pileus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Halomitra (Halomitra) fungites Studer, 1901 accepted as Fungia fungites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, homonym)
- Species Halomitra (Halomitra) pileus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Halomitra pileus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Halomitra (Halomitra) tiara Verrill, 1864 accepted as Halomitra pileus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Halomitra (Podabacia) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 accepted as Sandalolitha Quelch, 1884 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Halomitra (Podabacia) crustacea (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Podabacia crustacea (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Halomitra (Podabacia) dentata Quelch, 1884 accepted as Sandalolitha dentata Quelch, 1884 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Halomitra (Podabacia) irregularis Gardiner, 1898 accepted as Sandalolitha robusta (Quelch, 1886) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Halomitra (Podabacia) philippinensis Studer, 1901 accepted as Halomitra pileus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Halomitra (Podabacia) robusta (Quelch, 1886) accepted as Sandalolitha robusta (Quelch, 1886) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Halomitra clypeus Verrill, 1864 accepted as Halomitra pileus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Halomitra concentrica Studer, 1901 accepted as Halomitra pileus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Halomitra fungia (Dana, 1846) accepted as Polyphyllia talpina (Lamarck, 1801) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Halomitra fungites Studer, 1901 accepted as Fungia fungites (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, secondary homonym)
- Species Halomitra irregularis Gardiner, 1898 accepted as Sandalolitha robusta (Quelch, 1886) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Halomitra louwinae Van Der Horst, 1921 accepted as Halomitra pileus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Halomitra meierae Veron & Maragos, 2000 accepted as Sandalolitha dentata Quelch, 1884 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Halomitra philippinensis (Studer, 1901) accepted as Halomitra pileus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Halomitra robusta (Quelch, 1886) accepted as Sandalolitha robusta (Quelch, 1886) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Halomitra tiara Verrill, 1864 accepted as Halomitra pileus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Halomitra Dana, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204387 on 2025-06-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
basis of record Hoeksema BW. (1989). Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 [details]
basis of record Hoeksema BW. (1989). Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden.</em> 254: 1-295., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149013 [details]
Other
additional source
Gittenberger A, Reijnen BT, Hoeksema BW. (2011). A molecularly based phylogeny reconstruction of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) with taxonomic consequences and evolutionary implications for life history traits. <em>Contributions to Zoology.</em> 80: 107-132., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-08002002 [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1966). Evolutionary development in the scleractinian family Fungiidae. In: Rees WJ (ed.) The Cnidaria and their evolution. <em>Symposium of the Zoological Society of London Academic Press, London.</em> 16: 223–246, pl. 1. [details]
additional source Milne Edwards H (1860) Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 3: 1-560. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1966). Evolutionary development in the scleractinian family Fungiidae. In: Rees WJ (ed.) The Cnidaria and their evolution. <em>Symposium of the Zoological Society of London Academic Press, London.</em> 16: 223–246, pl. 1. [details]
additional source Milne Edwards H (1860) Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 3: 1-560. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Remark Type species: Madrepora pileus Linnaeus, 1758 [details]
